student voice
Is Student Learning Directly Impacted By Teacher PD?
By Julie Keane and Tania Tani. Numerous research studies have demonstrated the positive relationship between quality teaching and student learning, but showing evidence that professional development has a direct impact on student achievement is harder to do.
6 Strategies for Teaching Public Policy
Teaching students to understand public policy can be a challenge, but few topics have as great a power to affect the long-term health of a society. Here are six strategies to help educators teach policy and civic engagement.
How a Principal Inspired an Innovative Classroom Audio System
By: Dolores Gribouski. During my time as an elementary school principal, here is how my team and I collaborated with an audio technology company to create an innovative and needed classroom audio system for our school.
3 Strategies For Building a School Community Through Technology
By: Yvonne Blinde. We all know technology can enhance teaching and learning outcomes, but it can also help schools create beneficial and supportive relationships between teachers, administrators, parents and students.
Three Steps to Better Engage Higher Education Students
By: Jerry Dilettuso. Despite our best efforts, retention rates at postsecondary educational institutions haven’t markedly improved in more than eight years. Here are three steps for improving higher education student engagement.
Gen Z Students Need Schools That Match Their Dream Big Approach
By: Becky Wallerick. Generation Z is a motivated group used to daily technology use who need schools to meet their "Dream Big" approach to life. Here is how New Life Academy is helping these students tap into their dreams for success.
Getting Smart Podcast | Dropout Prevention: Community, Support and Guidance
October is dedicated to National Dropout Prevention, and in this podcast Laurel Barrette, director of dropout prevention and high school initiatives at K12 Inc., shares ways we can all help keep students engaged and enrolled.
Blended Learning Engagement: Are the Students Paying Attention?
By: Ron Drabkin. OpenEd has K-12 resources assigned to students in a variety of platforms, a unique position that gives its team the ability to share hard-to-find data on how many students are actually engaging with their online assignments.
4 Concentration Activities for Students
By: Riya Sander. Keeping students engaged through an entire day of classes is a struggle many educators face. Here are four fun classroom activities to help boost student focus and participation.
Top 5 Ways Teachers Can Incorporate EdTech into the Classroom
By: Lisa Low. Teachers lives (and classrooms) are becoming increasingly technological. Here are five ways teachers can use EdTech in their classrooms, making the most of new innovations that fit many different teaching styles.